Re: CONTEST! Kick/throw a head
I learnt an important lesson about conservation/transfer of momentum today
okay...
plan was: grab ukes head, chuck it up in the air, position underneath, and kick/punch it back up. the theory was that if the collision was elastic, the head would go miles, if the collision was inelastic it was a waste of time
who can guess what happened? ;)
the upside of the whole process was absolute
comedy gold!! - check out <
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a very good example of an inelastic collision i think
p.s. feel free to take over from the kneeling position with ukes head if you want to try a more conventional method of launching it into orbit.